in front of the high bays of Mediapro:, two young women in yellow tops and emerald jogging bottoms follow the moves of a spirited choreography, Beyoncé’s voice escaping from a portable speaker at their feet. In the open air, in its smoked glass and steel reflections, the sharp architecture forms a courtyard of the ideal experience. Built by architect Carlos Ferrater’s agency, the OAB building houses a complex that coexists with co-working spaces, design workshops, audiovisual production houses and a university campus. It’s 6 p.m., and down the stairs, students at the Pompeu Fabra University are clustered between a tall chimney and a brick facade, the last remnants of past industrial activity. Three centuries and as many beyond the mixing wall of materiality Can Framis? next door (an art center dedicated to the promotion of contemporary Catalan painting) is another textile factory where architect Jordi Badia has…
Source: Le Figaro
